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Theatre staff complain over overtime pay
EMPTY POCKETS: Disgruntled staff at the Wits Theatre are clashing with new management, about over-time pay. Photo: Lameez Omarjee By Lameez Omarjee and Roxanne Joseph Wits Theatre staff are...
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Women’s football comes up short
GOT THE BLUES: Despite an 11-0 victory over Midrand Graduate Institute the Wits women’s soccer team did not qualify for the USSA National Club Championships. Photo: Lameez Omarjee A thrashing of 11-0...
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COOL KID: Woman in power – Prianka Padayachee
Photo: Roxanne Joseph Prianka Padayachee, 4th year BSc Mining Engineering, is the first female president of the Students Mining Engineering Society on campus. About 40% of the School of Mining...
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Former press ombud remembers colleague Nat Nakasa
Joseph Nong Thloloe, is a veteran journalist with over 50 years’ experience in print and broadcast journalism. From 1977-1994 Thloloe was a writer and reporter for publications such as The World, Rand...
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SLICE OF LIFE: ‘I don’t like your christians’
Right off the bat I want it to be known that I’m a Christian. I grew up in the church, at first not by choice. My dad’s a priest and this gave me access to various churches and all kinds of Christians....
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COOL KID: Woman in power – Prianka Padayachee
Photo: Roxanne Joseph Prianka Padayachee, 4th year BSc Mining Engineering, is the first female president of the Students Mining Engineering Society on campus. About 40% of the School of Mining...
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SRC elections evening circuses halted
TRANSFORMATION AT PLAY: Wits EFF candidate Brian Sibanda at the SRC circus outside the FNB Building on Wednesday, giving closing remarks about transformation through creating sports for the disabled...
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Let’s talk about sex, baby!
The Seventh annual Sex Actually festival produced by Drama for Life (DFL) is here, with the theme “Love, Intimacy and Human Connection”. A plethora of theatre performances, workshops, sex talk series...
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Ahmed Kathrada turns 85 and celebrates at Wits University
BIRTHDAY BOY: Struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada alongside his wife Barbara Hogan enjoy the performances in the Great Hall last night. Photo: Luke Matthews Struggle icon Ahmed Kathrada, known to many as...
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Performer uses magic to disprove the existence of the supernatural
Adrian van Vactor is an award-winning illusionist travelling the world to entertain and to educate with his show ‘The Secrets of the Supernatural Exposed’, which he performed at Wits University this...
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Brazilian hair scare
Wits Beaty Theatre stylist, Peace Goronga. Photo: Percy Matshoba Hair salons in Braamfontein are still offering treatments for Brazilian Blow Outs despite recent reports finding many contain the...
View ArticlePirates sink Bidvest Wits’ hopes of glory
Bidvest Wits went into the second leg of their match against Orlando Pirates with 2 goals already against them. Last night, Pirates put on a top-class performance at Orlando Stadium to move into the...
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Wits WiFi upgrades set to cost over 100m
HEFTY PRICE: Witsies want to stay connected on campus and in residences by any means. Photo: Thabile Manala “Hundreds of millions” is the price tag that it will cost Wits to install a fully...
View ArticleVIDEO: Do you think the EFF has a place in Parliament?
Last week the EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters), was kicked out of parliament after disrupting proceedings by insisting President Zuma answer questions about Nkandla. We asked Witsies if they thought the...
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International law debated over Gaza conflict
WAR TALK: Former Constitutional Court Justice Zak Yacoob (centre) uses Skype to moderate a debate on alleged violations of international law by Israel. Photo: Roxanne Joseph The accusation that Israel...
View ArticleSCIENCE INSIDE: Tim Noakes diet
Can you give up carbohydrates for vegetables and protein? The Tim Noakes diet is the latest craze to lose weight. The Science Inside, the show that goes inside the science of major news events, is...
View Article‘Smash and go’ gang hits Braamfontein
A gang of men have been involved in a number of “snatch and goes” in Braamfontein’s Bertha and De Korte streets over the past two weeks. Wits Security and Liaisons manager, Lucky Khumela said he is...
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UPDATE: Student organisations unite to challenge new residence admissions policy
THE CRY: PYA candidate Nkululeko Nkosi strikes alongside Project W and Wits EFF outside Mens Res while waiting for the leaders of the three parties to reach an agreement about the revised residence...
View ArticleEducation campus boycott SRC elections
Rofhiwa Madzena and Bongiwe Tutu Witsies on Education Campus have rallied together to boycott the SRC elections, complaining that they have been marginalised. The Wits Education Student Council (ESC)...
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Oscar’s lawyer says SA’s legal system lacks certainty
Advocate Barry Roux, attorney for Oscar Pistorius, spoke at Wits last week about the problems in the South African legal system. Photo: Courtesy EWN. One of country’s most recognisable names in the...
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